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Tuvia Beeri, Israeli, born in Czechoslovakia, 1929.

Tuvia Beeri, was born in Topolčani, Yugoslavia, in 1929. In 1948 he made Aliyah to Israel and became a member of Kibbutz Lehavot Haviva. In the mid-1950s he began to study art with Yaakov Wechsler and Marcel Janco at Oranim College. From 1961-1963 he lived in Paris, France, where he studied printmaking with Johnny Friedlander and at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. In 1963 he returned to Israel and began studies at Bezalel. From 1964 he taught at the Avni Institute in Tel Aviv, In 1965 he was one of the founders of the “Ten Plus” group, but he quickly left the group activities.

Beeri’s works are comprised mostly of prints. He used the techniques of engraving, etching, and aquatint in his works, which include cosmological images and abstract geometrical landscapes.

Education

1957 Oranim Art Institute, Tivon, with Marcel Janco and Yaakov Wexler
1961-1959 Painting and Printmaking with Yaacov Wexler
1961-1963 Paris, etching with Johnny Friedlander
Beaux Arts, Paris.

Teaching

From 1963 Bezalel, Jerusalem Prizes - 2001 Eli Oshorov Prize for contribution to Israeli Art, painters and sculptors Asso''''. Tel Aviv.
1964-1983 Avni Institute, Tel Aviv, etching

Awards And Prizes

1960 Education Scholarship for Studies Abroad, Norman Foundation (America-Israel Cultural Foundation)
1969 Milo Club Prize
1967 Scholarship, The Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
1970 Scholarship, The Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
1972 Gold Medal, Biennale, Florence
1982 Bible Museum Prize, Bible House, Tel Aviv
1990 Honorary Medal, Interprint Exhibition, Lvov, USSR
2001 The Eli Osherov Painters and Sculptors Association Prize